F.No.394/85/2016-Cus (AS)
Government of India
istry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
(Anti Smuggling Unit)
New Delhi, dated 2¥“lanuary, 2017
PRESS NOTE
Sub: Press Release regarding grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate to the
officers of the Customs & Central Excise on the eve of Republic Day, 2017.
Every year, the officers of the Customs & Central Exeise Department are considered for grant
of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘exceptionally meritorious service rendered at
the risk of life’ and for Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘specially distinguished
record of service’ on their achieving and maintaining excellence in the discharge of their duties.
‘These awards are announced on the eve of Republic Day
2. This year, 40 officers have been selected for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation
Centificate for ‘Specially distinguished record of service’
3. These officers have been selected on the basis of their exemplary and flawless performance in
their respective field of services over the years. The awardees selected this year include the officers
working as Principal Commissioners/Commissioners:; Directors) Additional Directors/ Additional
Commissioners / Joint Commissioners: Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners; Superintendents! Senior
Intelligence Officers; Senior Private Secretary: Administrative Officer; Inspectors/ Intelligence
Officers; Driver and Head Havaldar, who have been consistently committed to the department in
various fields
4, The aforesaid officer's performance in various fields includes the prevention of smuggling of
contraband and Narcotics Drugs, detection of tax evasion in Customs, Central Excise and Service
Tax, detection of trade based money laundering, detection of foreign exchange violations and
streamlining enforcement procedures etc. in the department. Besides, many awardees have shown
their brilliance and given laudable performance in other fields as varied as tax policy, revenue
mobilization, development of software for automation of Customs, Central Excise and Service tax
formations, reducing litigations and dispute resolution, effective defence of cases in the Tribunals and
High Courts, capacity building and training, as well as skilful handling of administrative work
5. The list of officers, along with their designation and their present place of posting, who have
been selected for grant of the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘Specially
distinguished record of service’, on the occasion of Republic Day, 2017 is given below:
PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONERS/COMMISSIONERS
1. Shri Satya Narayan Saha, Principal Additional Director General, Directorate General of Central
Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), Zonal Unit, Hyderabad
2. Shri Syed Haider Hasan, Principal Commissioner , Central Excise Zone, Meerut,
3. Shri Srinivas Murty Tata, Commissioner (Service Tax), Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC), New Delhi.
4, Shri Sunil Jain, Commissioner, Central Excise Zone, Hyderabad.
Page Lof 4DIRECTORS/ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS! ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS/JOINT
COMMISSIONERS
15.
16,
Shri Rajendra Kumar, Director (Legal), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New
Delhi.
Shri Neeraj Prasad, Additional Commissioner. Directorate General of Tax Payers Services,
New Delhi
Shri Manish Goyal, Additional Director, Directorate General of Human Resource Development
(DG HRD), New Dell
Shri Nasim Arshi, Additional Director, Risk Management Division (RMD), Mumbai,
Dr M. G, Thamizh Valavan, Director (Anti-Smuggling), Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC), New Delhi
Shri Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Director (Drawback), Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC), New Delhi
Shri Mihir Ranjan, Additional Commissioner, Directorate General of Vigilance (DGoV), New
Delhi.
Shri Nitin Saini, Additional Director, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
(DGCEN), Regional Unit, Ludhiana,
Shri Zubair Riaz Kamili, Director (Customs), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC),
New Delhi
Shri Manecsh Kumar, Additional Director, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence
(DGRI, Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Pradyumn Kumar Tripathi, First Secretary, High Commission of India, Singapore.
Shri Pramod Kumar, Officer on Special Duty (Joint Commissioner), Tax Research Unit (TRU),
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi
Shri Sanjiw Kumar Mishra, Joint Commissioner, Directorate General of Systems and Data
Management, New Delhi.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS/ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS
18,
19.
20.
Shri Chanderpal Singh Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner, Customs Zone, Mumbai
Ms. Samrita Kaur Gill, Deputy Director, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI)
(Hgrs.), New Delhi.
Shri Avinash Shashikant Patane, Assistant Commissioner, Central Excise Zone, Pune.
SUPERINTENDENTS / SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
2.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
Shei Shiv Kumar Sharma, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue
Intelligence (DGR1), Zonal Unit, Delhi.
Shri K. Ramachandran, Superintendent, Central Excise Zone, Chennai.
Shri D. Venkateswaran, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue
Intelligence (DGRI), Zonal Unit, Chennai.
Shri Probir Kumar Sen, Superintendent, Customs and Central Excise Zone, Shillong,
Shri Achal Mehrotra, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Ex
Intelligence (DGCEI) (Hars.), New Delhi
Shri Nagabushanam P, Superintendent, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
(DGCE!), Zonal Unit, Bengaluru,
Page 20f 427. Shri Pramod Marotrao Dange, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue
Intelligence (DGRN), Zonal Unit, Mumbai
28. Shri Ashwani Kumar Kapur, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise
Intelligence (DGCEI), Regional Unit, Ludhiana
29, Shri Baldev Prasad Khanduri, Superintendent, Central Excise Zone, Meerut.
30. Shri Mohan Raghavan, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue
nee (DGRI), Zonal Unit, Mumbai.
31. Shri Rajesh Ramdas Salian, Superintendent, Risk Management Division (RMD), Mumbai.
32. Ms, Seema, Superintendent, Directorate of Logistics, New Delhi
33. Shri Mahesh Kumar Purohit, Appraiser, Customs Zone, Mumbai-IL
34, Shri Rajneesh Gupta, Additional Assistant Director (Supdt), Directorate General of Human
Resource Development (DG HRD), New Delhi
MINISTERIAL OFFICERS
35. Ms. Geeta Mohan Menon, Senior Private Secretary to Chief Commissioner of Customs Zone,
Mumbai-l
36. Shri AG. Rajan, Administrative Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
(DGCED, Zonal Unit, Chennai,
INSPECTORS/INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS,
37. Shri Ravi Dutt Shankar, Intelligence Offic:
(DGCED), Zonal Unit, Dethi.
38. Shri Mamidi Narsingh Rao, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence
(DGRI), Zonal Unit, Hyderabad.
Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
DRIVER
39, Shri Ranbir Singh, Driver Grade-I, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI)
(Hars.), New Delhi,
HEAD HAVALDAR
40. Shri Laxman Singh Negi, Head Havaldar, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
(DGCEl) (Hars.), New Delhi f
(Sandeep Kumar)
Commissioner (Customs &EP/ RI&1)
Tele fax: 26177328/543/372
Shri A.P. Frank Noronha
Principal Director General
Press Information Bureau,
Government of Ind
Room No. 101, A Wing, Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi.
E.mail: pdg-pib@nic.in
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1. Shri Vivek Ranjan, Commissioner, DP & PR, Customs & Central Excise, C.R. Building, New
Delhi with a request that steps may be taken to give wide publicity in the departmental
journals and publications. dteppr@nic.in (Ph. 0 |1-2337933 1/23370744 (Fax)).
2. ‘Shri Yogender Singh, Joint Director, Directorate General of Systems, New Delhi for placing
it on the website of Central Board of Excise & Customs (soft copy of the above is e-mailed to
yogenderl singh@icegate.gov in). (Ph. 011-23378868).
3. Shri Manish Mohan Govil, OSD (CX-9), Spokesperson, CBEC (soft copy of the above is
emailed at manish.govil@nic.in (Ph. 011-23095513)
4, Shri D.S. Malik, Additional Director General (Media & Communication), Room No. 77-B,
North Block, New Delhi with a request that wide publicity in the English and Indian
Language Newspapers maybe given on the eve of the Republic Day, 2017. (Ph. O11-
23092200). (E.mail — dprfinance@igmail.com)
5. Shri Praween Kavi, Assistant Director (Media & Communication), Room No.8, North Block,
New Delhi, for information with a request that wide publicity in the English and Indian
Language Newspapers maybe given on the eve of the Republic Day, 2017. (Ph. O11-
73092692). (F.mail — mhamedia@gmail.com)
Malu
(Rohit Adland)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
E-mail:- rohit.anand76@anic.in
Tele fax: 26177328/543/572
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